Kyle Walker is a professional footballer who plays as a right back for premier league club Manchester City and the English National Team. Considered one of the best full-backs in the world, Walker is known for his pace, strength and vision. He wears shirt no 2. Walker was born in Sheffield, South Yorkshire, and is of Jamaican descent. Walker has a Jamaican father, Michael, and an English mother, Tracey.

Early Life

Kyle Walker full name is Kyle Andrew Walker and he was born on 28 May 1990 at Sheffield, England. His father name is Michael Walker and his mother name is Tracey Walker. His mother is an English woman while his father is of Jamaican descent. They both raised him in a middle-class background. He attended Porter Croft Infant and Junior School.

Career

Walker joined boyhood club Sheffield United at the age of seven after being recommended by Coach Paul Archer at Football Unities. The Racism Divides and progressed the ranks to become a regular fixture reserves in 2008 and in November 2008, again he was allowed to join League One Club in Northampton Town. He makes his debut on 15 November 2008 who was also defeated by Oldham Athletic. His gave full debut for Sheffield United on 13 January 2009. He played in final who became the youngest Sheffield United Player ever to play at the Wembley stadium.

Walker left Sheffield United to join Totten ham Hotspur along with his fellow defender for a combined fee on 22 July 2009. He made his debut to Totten ham on 27 March 2010 which made them win over Portsmouth. He signed initial six month deal with Queens Park Rangers (QRP). In mid-October his loan was extended until 3 January 2011. After he left QRP he joined Aston Villa for the end of 2010-2011 seasons. At the start of February he scored his first premier league goal and senior league goal. He scored two goals and appeared 18 times in the competition for Aston Villa. On 22 April 2002 he was named as the PFA Young Player of the year and also being named in PFA Team of the year. He was also awarded with five year contract that runs until 2017 on 3 May 2012. He performed in March 2012 against Manchester United. It was declared that he had signed a new contract with Totten ham keeping him in club on 28 October 2013. He was in 2015 League Cup Final in which his team lost the match with Chelsea. He was also named as the right back in the PFA Team of the year for the second time.

Walker signed a five-year contract with Manchester city on 14 July 2017. On 12 august his debut for city came against Brighton. He also had two yellow cards against Everton during home debut for Manchester city. He was selected and was the part of the squad in the 2018 EFL Cup Final in the 2017-2018 seasons.

Walker started in the FA Cup final against Watford on 18 May 2019 as City won the first-ever domestic treble in English men's football. Walker signed a new contract with City in June 2019.

On 31 October 2020, Walker scored a long-range goal against his former club, Sheffield United, to mark his 100th Premier League appearance for Manchester City. Walker did not celebrate, explaining later that he did not do so as he is a “Sheffield United fan”. 

On 19 October 2021, Walker scored his first ever Champions League goal in a 5–1 away win over Club Brugge. Manchester City won the 2021–22 Premier League on 22 May 2022 as teammate İlkay Gündoğan scored two goals in a 3–2 home victory against Aston Villa to overturn a two-goal deficit. Walker was selected in the 2022–23 UEFA Champions League team of the tournament. Following the 2022–23 season, Walker was identified as a potential target for Bayern Munich by manager Thomas Tuchel.

International Career 

As Walker was called up by England U19 in February 2009, he made his first debut on 10 February. He was also being called up to full England squad in February 2011 and also in March 2011. He was named also in the squad which competed in 2011 UEFA European under 21 Championship in Denmark. He was named as the Team of the tournament. In 2011-2012 seasons he also played in squad that competed with Spain. He also won the Man of the Match title. Walker played first England match after Euro 2012 for 90 minutes against Italy and won.

He was named in the 23-man England National Team squad for the 2018 FIFA World Cup.

Personal Life

Walker height is 1.78 meter and weights 73 kg. His net worth is $36 million USD and earns an annual income of $8 million dollar.

Walker was in a long term relationship with his girlfriend Annie Kilner who is a full-time glamour model since 2011. They got married and have two sons named as Roman who was born in 2012 and Riann who was born in 2016. His height is 1.78 m and his weight is 83 Kg.